Day 42

I'm sorry that I haven't posted anything for awhile. I've had some problems uploading pictures to the blog. I could upload text but not the pictures and since that is what this blog is all about I didn't see much use until we got it figured out. Since the weather is still so uncooperative and since I'm frankly too lazy to venture out in the cold right now, I've been doing some more still life pictures. These are some I got playing around with an old egg beater and some eggs. These didn't turn out as sharp as I would have liked and I'm not crazy about the white background but I am still learning.

Day 41

I was in a hurry and quickly snapped a few pictures of the piano. This depth of field is a little too shallow for what I wanted but I didn't have time to go back and do it again. Some days you get what you can.

Day 40

Today I spent time working on this still life. Sam suggested the angle and I quite like it. I'm getting used to a new lens that I recently got. It's a 50 mm prime lens with a 1.8 aperture. It's amazing how narrow the depth of field can be with that large of an aperture. I'm quite excited about using it. Anyway, I hope you like it.

Day 39

Tonight I went out to Farmington Bay bird refuge and took some photos. I played with the color of the sky in the second. I'm still deciding if I like the color.

Day 38

I have driven past this flag and wanted to do something with it but was waiting for the weather to clear up and the light to be better. Today conditions were just about right.

Day 37

Saturday we had gone outside to shovel the walks and I was looking down the street at the footprints in the snow and the repeating pattern of the trees. It didn't turn out quite the way I wanted but this is what I got.

Day 36

Okay, so I've gotten a little behind. I didn't actually get a photo taken for Friday so here is a photo from another day that didn't make it in before. I was trying to get a picture of some birds that were flying around in our trees in the back yard. This one was probably the best.